On 23/9/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >Ten odd years ago I worked at a local tv station, and noticed how the >video photographers used to empty the camera batteries completely before >recharging them. To do that they used big, hot power resistors, or more >often, light bulbs to drain the batteries quickly. > >Is this a practice I should adopt too with the Ni-MH batteries to my >digital camera?
As Frits and maybe others (I'm on digest) have mentioned, NiCad's respond well to this sort of treatment. It keeps them at best performance vs use, and prevents the dreaded 'memory' effect. With Lithium Ions, as I understand it, they are best kept in a charged state. Hence, even when I only partially use the 2 huge piggy-backed Lithium Ion batteries on my tv camera, at the end of the day they go onto the charger (I have 4 batteries in total - cost about �300 each - thank the gods I don't have to buy those buggers). This treatment has not affected their ability to hold a charge. I do the same with other Lith Ions. I use them but they always get recharged, and then shelved, rather than left in a partially discharged state. That's what i was told to do by the people with elbow patches and lots of pens in the breast pocket... Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _____________________________ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
